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Scionisce

I am simple. Down-to-earth and curious. I like a good, hot cup of tea and the smell of the earth after rain. I am a student, yearning to become a teacher. I love languages, cultures, and the limitlessness of human emotion and spirit. I speak German fluently and wish to better myself in French and Arabic. If I could meet someone from our history,...more »
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  • member since Wednesday, February 14 2007

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  • adelle j

    adelle j says

    oh I forget what about "IBRAHIMI'S" notes !!!!!!!!!!?,???

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • adelle j

    adelle j says

    hi my friend, how are you !!!!!!!!!!
    oh you're raeding "the scarlet lettre" nice ;-)
    what do you think?????????????,

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Kalidikeds

    Kalidikeds says

    P.S. If you haven't yet, you simply MUST read A Brief History of the Dead, just like Charity says below. It's an awesome book; I recommend it to all my fellow book nerds! :D

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Kalidikeds

    Kalidikeds says

    So sorry it has taken me two months to respond to you! I had no idea it had been that long since I checked my Shelfari page. I'll be better from now on, I promise!

    As for Joyce Carol Oates, I've read a few of her novels, and sometimes she delivers the goods, sometimes she falls a little short. Most of the time I think she needs to end the book a good two-hundred pages sooner than she does, but her writing is pretty solid, her characters multi-dimensional, and her stories gritty and honest in a way that forces you to see ugliness in the world without deciding to condemn it all completely. Does that make any sense? Anyway, We Were the Mulvaneys was good, and Foxfire was also pretty well done, though there were some very difficult scenes (read: intense and disquieting) in both of those books. The last one of hers that I read was The Falls, which was fantastic, would have been incredible if she had only ended it a little sooner. She's a very prolific writer, so you definately have a lot to choose from. I say pick up one of her books, see what you think. If you don't like it, well, use it as a doorstop or a paperweight. :D

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Velireon

    Velireon says

    Oh, thesis, schmesis. It's still going. Slowly. ;-)
    Books ... well, have you been reading Jacqueline Carey's _Kushiel's Legacy_ series? Amazing, amazing, amazing books. I'm about the read the new one, _Kushiel's Mercy_, and I am so excited. Of course, they're definitely fantasy, not scifi ... Oh, I hear Charlaine Harris has a new vampire novel out, and I'm excited about that. I don't generally get into vampires or zombies, but her novels are very VERY down-to-Earth non-mysterious and FUNNY. (They're also set a half hour from where I went to college in rural NORTH Louisiana -- instead of South!)
    As far as scifi, I haven't read anything really earth-shattering lately -- crap, mostly. I read The Ring by Stephen Baxter, The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley, and Moving Mars by Greg ... oh, was that Greg Bear or Greg Benford? Bear, I think. They were "Pretty Good", as was Clarke's "Rendezvous With Rama", but none of them really got me too jazzed.
    Avoid at all costs: the Shadowmarch series by Tad Williams, and the Mirador series by Sarah Monette. CRAP! :-)

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • adelle j

    adelle j says

    hi what' sanew about you,???????,!!!! my friend

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Blakesgal

    Blakesgal says

    Finished "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" and I highly recommend it. It was quite riveting and insightful. A few twists you did not see coming as well, which I always like. I hate a predictable book. The other shoe dropped in a suprising manner and the book just flew by after that. Pick it up and keep it on the nightstand!

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • adelle j

    adelle j says

    hi,my friend ,well I think you want to learn about my country
    well, but what kind of books you want !!!!!?????
    for me ,"ALBASHIR AL IBRAHIMI"s (greatest) notes are very interesting hi is very "wise" man

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Blakesgal

    Blakesgal says

    I am one of those people that always has more than one book going at once. I am reading a biography of Dale Earnhardt and "The Memory Keeper's Daughter". The biography is suprisingly riveting, but the jury is still out on the other...seems to be pretty interesting, but I am waiting for the other shoe to drop, so to speak.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Blakesgal

    Blakesgal says

    So have you picked up "The Brief History of the Dead" yet?

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • adelle j

    adelle j says

    HI Scionisce, I'm good but very busy because of the (exames)
    I'm very hapy to mail you ,you know
    I think you'll be my best friend in this world
    I havn't (sufisant) time to read these days, but some times
    I just huve alook in (COACH LIFE)a good book by (PAM RICHARDSON);-)think u

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Blakesgal

    Blakesgal says

    I highly recommend "The Briedf History of the Dead". It was a great read -- one that makes you think, but the thinking doesn't overshadow the enjoyment of the book. I loved it. Melanie told me to read it about 8 months ago and I am only sorry that I did not read it sooner. It is short, but there is a lot packed into those pages!!!!!

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • adelle j

    adelle j says

    hi scionice, think you i'm happy to be your friend a great plasur for me .
    I have found many similarities after reading your profile,so perhaps it's the begining of a great and(powerfull) friendship you can contact me by mail in (jalalmygales@hotmail.com)if you want.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • adelle j

    adelle j says

    Hi scionisce, I have just finish to read your profile ,so I would just to request your friendship; I'm not good in English as you can remarque but I'm very well in Arabic and frinch so Ican help you if you want

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Kalidikeds

    Kalidikeds says

    Wow, that is funny! I actually checked that one out yesterday, and am going to begin reading it in about twenty minutes! I had it on hold months ago, but when it became available I didn't go get it because I was too sick to move.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Kalidikeds

    Kalidikeds says

    Yes, yes, yes, I would love to borrow The Perks of Being a Wallflower! I have to warn you, though, I'm reading very slowly these days. See, I'm reading for two now, which means that I'm sick pretty much all day long... I still manage to get a page or two read between retchings, though. :D

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • ike

    ike says

    Actually, I just bought 'A Spot of Bother' over the weekend, so I can't weigh in on it just yet. I loved the 'The Curious Incident', but I wouldn't assume the guy would keep writing in an autistic first person.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Velireon

    Velireon says

    Hi there,
    It has been many years since I read Imzadi -- so I will disclaim by saying I was probably 15 at the time, maybe 16. But I really did love the book, it's probably my #2 favorite Star Trek novel (#1 in terms of character/relationship-driven Star Trek novels). I have to admit it yanked a couple tears -- a beautiful story. Peter David is one of only two or three Star Trek authors I'd ever recommend to anyone. Enjoi!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • LuvReading

    LuvReading says

    HI, I'm budding into a conversation here! But, I saw you talking about To Kill a Mockingbird on someone else's site and here I have to agree with Kalidikeds...it is everything people say it is.

    I teach it to 9th graders, but honestly, this year is the 4th time I've read it and I'm still finding these amazing little treasures in it. First reading it seems as if there are some random characters and things throughout the book - but if you pay close attention to the message of the book, every character and situation serves a purpose. It's a work a art!

    Sorry for budding in again. Jen

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Kalidikeds

    Kalidikeds says

    I'm surprised you were never forced to read Mockingbird in high school! I had to read it in 8th grade honors, again in 9th grade, and yet again in 11th. (This is what happens when you move a lot.) I say that it is most definately everything everyone says it is. It is the only book Harper Lee ever wrote, but man, what a credit it is! This book taught me what goodness really is. I still enjoy reading it.

    I have a special 25th anniversary edition, if you would like to borrow it. :D

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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